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1. How You Can Help Prevent Suicide, Part 3

Note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. I'll never forget the day I discovered my daughter was suicidal. Paralyzed, shocked and overwhelmed with fear, I was at a ...

Created on 16 October 2018

2. How You Can Use Conflict as a Bridge to Marital Intimacy

Fights where you or your spouse use words or fists (or anything else) to hurt or manipulate the other are damaging. But it's just as damaging to give in or become a doormat hoping to secure peace at any ...

Created on 15 October 2018

3. Why This Popular New Trend Among Believers Is Far From Biblical

Along with the growing unbiblical trend of self-care among Christian women is a growing trend of speaking positive affirmations. Speaking positive affirmations is a daily practice of one choosing certain ...

Created on 30 September 2018

4. Are You Wounding or Healing Your Spouse?

... out here. You cannot play Junior Holy Spirit in your spouse's life; that job is already taken! Your spouse does not need you to be a parent or a cop. But reflecting back to your spouse how their angry or defensive ...

Created on 18 September 2018

5. These 2 Key Elements Will Help You Rekindle Your Marriage's Holy Fire

The best way for couples to keep their marriage in a place of vibrant growth is by keeping their hearts engaged with what the Bible calls "first love." There is nothing as deep or dynamic as a vibrant ...

Created on 22 August 2018

6. Why the Simple Sentences You Speak Every Day Have the Power of Life or Death

I believe by faith what I speak out will happen. The Bible says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue" (Prov. 18:21) and it instructs us to speak to our mountain, and we will have whatever we ...

Created on 17 August 2018

7. 4 Spirit-Filled Startups for a Difficult Conversation With Your Spouse

... f your spouse's affections are being drawn elsewhere. You know you need to have a difficult conversation with your spouse, and you're struggling to know how to begin. You can apply some principles of communica ...

Created on 06 August 2018

8. 20 Things You Should Know About Your Spouse

No human being has the potential to make a greater impact on the quality of your life than your husband or wife. Years ago, I heard the advice, "Study your spouse." That certainly applies before you say ...

Created on 27 July 2018

9. Why Your Family Dinners Offer More Than Food

... erused as an excuse to neglect this opportunity to bond. Discussion around the family table can model social skills and will hopefully prevent misunderstandings due to lack of communication and awaren ...

Created on 05 July 2018

10. Christian Pop Star: 4 Things to Never Say to an Engaged Couple

Engaged couples are the highlight of almost every event—whether they want to be or not. People will stop them at church, the airport, family gatherings or even the zoo to offer them unsolicited advice. ...

Created on 02 July 2018

11. Our Culture Is Drunk on This Corrupting Evil—Here's How to Avoid It

... gside the rude, crude or lewd of this world. Vulgarity entraps us in a worldly mindset and exposes us to the corrupting influence of Satan. It does not enhance political dialogue nor genuine communicat ...

Created on 28 June 2018

12. When Setting Boundaries Is the Best Choice for Your Marriage

Forgiveness is absolutely necessary, but sometimes it's not enough. Communication is vital, but it doesn't always change things. Sometimes your spouse's bad behavior continues, and there's no evidence ...

Created on 14 June 2018

13. Cannibalistic Christians: The Rapidly Growing Trend That Has to Stop

Recently I have witnessed a growing trend of Christians who are attacking and criticizing other Christians. Their verbal attacks are cannibalistic. I'm sure these kinds of things happened long before social ...

Created on 07 June 2018

14. Why Spirit-Inspired Written Words Will Never Go Out of Style

It was 43 years ago this month that I began working on a magazine called Charisma. Much was different about the culture and the church back in 1975. As our journalistic ministry has grown, we have had ...

Created on 06 June 2018

15. These Truths Help You Expose Lies in Disguise

There are some disturbing stories in the Bible. One that disturbed me is in 1 Kings 13 where a prophet of God is sent to prophesy to the king, then go directly home without eating. The disturbing part ...

Created on 30 May 2018

16. The Two Powerful Perspectives That Will Radically Transform Your Marriage

Your perspective matters. Things may look completely different at 35,000 feet from how they look out a car window at 60 miles/hour or even from the highest rooftop in the city. If your marriage could use ...

Created on 04 May 2018

17. What We Talk About When We Talk About Forgiveness

What's one of the most common reasons we give for not forgiving others? If you're like many people, you might have answered that our forgiveness implies approval or tolerance of the behavior. We read about ...

Created on 23 April 2018

18. Your Secret Source of Relationship Wisdom

Her name is Abigail. She was a beautiful woman whose wisdom saved her fool of a husband, Nabal, from certain death after he insulted David, who was later crowned king of Israel. Abigail had godly wisdom. ...

Created on 20 April 2018

19. A Powerful Prayer to Help Your Child Learn That Words Can Hurt—and Heal

"Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you." I don't think there was ever a saying that's more untrue. Words do matter, and words can inflict some of the most intense, long-lasting ...

Created on 06 March 2018

20. 4 Important Filters to Make Sure Your Words Please God

"Be careful little mouth what you say,/ be careful little mouth what you say,/ for the Father up above is looking down with love,/ so be careful little mouth what you say." (Public Domain) This song, one ...

Created on 26 February 2018